Case report: intraoperative system tumor embolism.
Systemic tumor embolism may rarely occur during pulmonary resection for bronchogenic carcinoma and result in fatality. A successful removal of a saddle embolus consisting of tumor tissue at the bifurcation of the aorta following lobectomy for squamous cell carcinoma is reported.
D001011:Aorta; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications